S. 2406, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide permanent authority for entry into the United States of certain religious workers.

Page S4820

Harry S Truman Federal Building: H.R. 3639, to designate the Federal building located at 2201 C Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, currently headquarters for the Department of State, as the ``Harry S Truman Federal Building'', clearing the measure for the President.

Pages S4908-09

Indian Land: H.R. 2484, to provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without further approval by the United States, clearing the measure for the President.

Page S4909

Indian Land: H.R. 1953, to authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on land held in trust for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of the Guidiville Indian Rancheria, clearing the measure for the President.

Page S4909

National Defense Authorization: Senate continued consideration of S. 2549, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:

Pages S4721-S4809

Adopted:

Wellstone Amendment No. 3264, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the extent and severity of child poverty.

Pages S4765-67

Warner (for Snowe/Kennedy) Amendment No. 3216, to ensure that obligations to make payments under the CVN-69 contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2001 is subject to the availability of appropriations.

Pages S4732-33

Warner Amendment No. 3217, to repeal authorities to delay pay days at the end of fiscal year 2000.

Page S4733

Levin (for Robb) Amendment No. 3218, to require a report on the Defense Travel System and to limit the use of funds for the system.

Page S4733

Warner/Robb Amendment No. 3219, to modify authority to carry out a fiscal year 1990 military construction project relating to Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Virginia.

Page S4733

Warner Amendment No. 3220, to authorize the payment of $7,975 for a fine for environmental permit violations at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Pages S4733-34

Warner Amendment No. 3221, to strike section 344, relating to a modification of authority for indemnification of transferees of closing defense property.

Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3228, to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to strengthen the financial security of families of uniformed services personnel in cases of loss of family members.

Page S4736

Warner (for McCain) Amendment No. 3229, to provide an additional increase in military basic pay for enlisted members of the uniformed services in pay grades E-5, E-6, or E-7.

Pages S4736-37

Warner (for Grams) Amendment No. 3230, to improve benefits for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and their dependents.

Pages S4737-38

Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3231, to authorize the President to award gold and silver medals on behalf of the Congress to the Navajo Code Talkers, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Levin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3233, to request the President to advance the late Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel on the retired list of the Navy to the highest grade held as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, during World War II, and to advance the late Major General Walter C. Short on the retired list of the Army to the highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department, during World War II, as was done under the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 for all other senior officers who served in positions of command during World War II; and to express the sense of Congress regarding the professional performance of Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant General Short.

Pages S4739-48

Levin (for Biden/Roth) Amendment No. 3234, to require reports on the spare parts and repair parts program of the Air Force for the C-5 aircraft.

Levin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 3236, to clarify the authority of the director of a laboratory to manage personnel under an existing authority to conduct a personnel demonstration project.

Pages S4749-60

Warner (for Roberts) Amendment No. 3237, to authorize, with an offset, an additional $1,500,000 for the Air Force for research, development, test, and evaluation on weathering and corrosion on aircraft surfaces and parts (PE62102F).

Pages S4749-60

Levin (for Conrad) Amendment No. 3238, to state the sense of the Senate on maintaining an effective strategic nuclear TRIAD.

Pages S4749-60

Warner (for Nickles) Amendment No. 3239, to require the designation of each government-owned, government-operated ammunition plant of the Army as Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence.

Pages S4749-60

Levin (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 3240, to establish a commission to assess the future of the United States aerospace industry and to make recommendations for actions by the Federal Government.

Pages S4749-60

Warner (for Gramm) Amendment No. 3241, to guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections.

Warner (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 3243, to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older.

Pages S4749-60

Levin (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 3244, to eliminate an inequity in the applicability of early retirement eligibility requirements to military reserve technicians.

Pages S4749-60

Warner (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3245, to provide space-required eligibility for travel on aircraft of the Armed Forces to places of inactive-duty training by members of the reserve components who reside outside the continental United States.

Warner (for Smith-OR) Amendment No. 3247, to require a study of the advisability of increasing the grade authorized for the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau to Lieutenant General.

Pages S4749-60

Levin (for Cleland) Amendment No. 3248, to exempt commanders of certain Air Force specified combatant commands from a limitation on the number of general officers while general or flag officers of other armed forces are serving as commander of certain unified combatant commands.

Pages S4749-60

Warner (for Bond) Amendment No. 3249, to increase the end strengths authorized for full-time manning of the Army National Guard of the United States.

Pages S4749-60

Warner (for Thompson) Amendment No. 3250, to provide compensation and benefits to Department of D560Energy employees and contractor employees for exposure to beryllium, radiation, and other toxic substances.

Pages S4749-60

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Levin Amendment No. 3251, to conform standards of judicial review of actions relating to selection boards; and to make a technical correction.

Pages S4749-60

McCain Amendment No. 3214 (to Amendment No. 3210), to require the disclosure of expenditures and contributions by certain political organizations.

Pages S4721, S4768-87, S4808-09

Rejected: Daschle Amendment No. 3273, to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage (By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 121), Senate tabled the Amendment.)

Warner/Dodd Amendment No. 3267, to establish a National Bipartisan Commission on Cuba to evaluate United States policy with respect to Cuba.

Pages S4767-68

During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the following action:

By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 122), Senate failed to sustain a point of order against McCain Amendment No. 3214 (to Amendment No. 3210), listed above, as being in violation of the United States Constitution.

Page S4808

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further amendments to be proposed to the bill.

Pages S4809-10

Defense Appropriations: Senate began consideration of H.R. 4576, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:

Pages S4810-12

Adopted:

Stevens/Inouye Amendment No. 3278, in the nature of a substitute.

Page S4811

Pending:

Grassley Amendment No. 3279, to require the Department of Defense to match certain disbursements with obligations prior to payment.

Pages S4811-12

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and pending amendment on Friday, June 9, 2000, with a vote to occur on the pending amendment.

Page S4909

Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:

A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the National Science Board entitled ``Science and Engineering Indicators--2000''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (PM-112)

Pages S4818-19

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

John Train, of New York, to be a Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring October 11, 2003.

Holly J. Burkhalter, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2001.

John S. W. Lim, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii.

Gregory A. Presnell, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida vice a new position created by Public Law 106-113, approved November 29, 1999.

James S. Moody, Jr., of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida vice a new position created by Public Law 106-113, approved November 29, 1999.

James A. Daley, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis and to Saint Lucia.

James Charles Riley, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2006. (Reappointment)

Marc Lincoln Marks, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2006. (Reappointment)

Pages S4910-11

Messages From the President:

Pages S4818-19

Messages From the House:

Page S4819

Measures Referred:

Page S4819

Measures Placed on Calendar:

Page S4819

Communications:

Pages S4819-20

Statements on Introduced Bills:

Pages S4820-54

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages S4854-56

Amendments Submitted:

Pages S4856-S4907

Authority for Committees:

Page S4907

Additional Statements:

Page S4814-18

Privileges of the Floor:

Page S4907-08D561

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--122)

Pages S4807-08

Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 7:41 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, June 9, 2000. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on page S4909.) close

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